Chapter Summaries

Evan and Olivia learned that their Golden Compasses were connected to Phorcys of the Endless Ocean, and Kraken offered them a vast island in exchange for taking him there when the door opened. They accepted, then prepared to help defend the Black Sea and continue their work from a portable Alchemy Workshop.

• Kraken explained that Phorcys of the Endless Ocean lay beyond the Golden Kingdom's sealed door and revealed that his Ancient Sea Turtle ancestors came from there.
• Evan and Olivia showed Kraken their Golden Compasses, and he offered them a 120,000-square-kilometer island if they took him to Phorcys when the door opened.
• Principal Princeton promised Evan half ownership of the island and offered to bring reinforcements aboard the Legendary Battleship Steam Fortress.
• Evan agreed to Kraken's terms while warning that he and Olivia were not yet ready to explore the world's secrets, and Kraken promised to wait and give them the island first.
• Evan and Olivia stayed near the Black Sea, summoned Pipi to join the coming battle, and unfolded Evan's Alchemy Workshop on a defensive island.

Evan sold weapons to the Raging Tide Church’s nonhuman forces while he and Olivia harvested their first sorcery-grade sapphires from magically bred Gemstone Shells. Olivia made matching rings from the gemstones and put one on Evan’s ring finger, teasing him about asking Duke for permission to marry.

• Evan demonstrated the Thunderstorm Staff to the Storm Giants and sold them the weapons, while Bishop Fisher handled bulk orders of armor-piercing cones for the Torrent Fishmen.
• Evan reflected on how he had built an arms business by mining and processing the island chain’s mineral resources, while keeping safeguards in the weapons he sold.
• Olivia completed her and Evan’s gemstone research, harvesting a first batch of sapphire clusters that met the minimum standard for Sorcery Gemstones.
• Olivia made two rings from the finest sapphires and placed one on Evan’s ring finger, then revealed that she wore its match.
• Evan joked that Olivia should ask her brother Duke for his hand in marriage, and Olivia responded with a murderous glare.

Evan and Olivia prepared for the coming conflict by advancing their research and supplying the Raging Tide Church, while Philip II’s coronation and religious reforms stirred a power struggle across Sirius. By late April, Pipi and Principal Princeton arrived in the southern Polar Region as the Deep Sea Brotherhood and its Sea Monster Army began to show their strength.

• Olivia took the proceeds from Evan’s Thunderstorm Staff sale after their enchanted rings replayed recordings of each other.
• Evan studied wizardry, improved Thunderstorm Staff production, outfitted sea sprites with customized Venom armor, stockpiled bombs, and developed a new flesh-targeting offensive spell.
• Evan decided that he had gathered enough materials to begin preparing the Position Ritual and focused on holding back the Sea Monster Army in the coming war.
• Philip II was crowned Emperor of the Sirius Empire and married at the Domed Palace of Saint Cruz, while the Kindling Order gained recognition and launched religious reforms.
• Philip II promoted the Kindling Sect and moved against the Eternal Fire’s radical faction, setting a religious and political struggle in motion.
• Pipi and Principal Princeton arrived in the southern Polar Region as the Deep Sea Brotherhood and the Sea Monster Army revealed their threat.

The Raging Tide Church and its allies met the Sea Monster Army at the defensive island chain, where Charybdis stopped a tsunami and the defenders unleashed hidden weapons. The chapter ended as Princeton ordered the Legendary Battleship Steam Fortress to fire its frost shells into the enemy.

• Charybdis neutralized the Sea Monster Army's tsunami and cleared a gap in the storm clouds.
• Heinmütz and Petrich led twelve hundred sea monsters toward the island chain, aiming to kill the weakened Kraken before the new land was born.
• Princeton activated two hundred Siren's Songs, while Evan launched seawater Puppet Bombs at the advancing army.
• Heinmütz crushed the Siren's Songs, but the underwater attacks had already devastated the Sea Monster Army.
• Princeton awakened the Steam Fortress, prepared its frost shells, and ordered its cannons to fire.

The Raging Tide Church and its allies fought the Sea Monster Army after Evan’s prepared attacks crippled hundreds of monsters. As the battle spread across the island chain, Evan urged Olivia to put her safety before the territory, and she began to tell him what they would do after the battle.

• Evan’s wizardly attacks and the Steam Fortress’s guns devastated the Sea Monster Army, but the survivors broke free of the iceberg and charged the island chain.
• Fisher ordered the Raging Tide Church’s forces into battle as Heinmütz intercepted Charybdis and Princeton, supported by construct angels and the Steam Fortress, engaged Petrich.
• The sea monsters and the Church’s troops clashed across the surrounding waters and islands, while a Giant Hammer Mantis Shrimp stormed the main island’s defenses.
• Evan and Olivia activated the Red-Haired Witch Position Ritual and prepared their three hundred Toy Soldiers to defend the second island.
• After a shockwave destroyed two Toy Soldiers, Evan told Olivia to flee with him if the battle turned dangerous because the territory was not worth risking her life.
• Olivia started to say what she and Evan would do after the battle, but Evan covered her mouth and warned her not to raise a death flag.

Evan and Olivia used the Red-Haired Witch to repel several sea monsters, but their beam weapon was temporarily blocked by thick fog. Heinmütz unleashed the Oceanic Secret Treasure Calamity Divine Right to destroy Left Number One Island, opening the defensive line as Bobbit Worms charged toward the Sea Monster King.

• A Titan Python attacked the first line of defense, and the church’s Toy Soldiers helped the defenders hold it back.
• A Poison Scale Spotted Crab advanced on Evan and Olivia’s island, but Olivia fired the Red-Haired Witch and killed it with a beam cannon.
• Olivia and Evan used the ritual to kill a Titan Python and an orca, then split their beams to destroy a swarm of cold-flame fish.
• The sea monsters spread thick fog over the island, temporarily preventing the Red-Haired Witch from firing.
• Heinmütz used Calamity Divine Right to obliterate Left Number One Island and breach the defensive line, but Charybdis punched him into the clouds.
• A swarm of giant Bobbit Worms charged through the breach toward the Sea Monster King.

The Raging Tide Church struggled to seal the breach after Left Number One Island vanished, while Evan and Olivia helped intercept the sea monsters threatening Kraken. When Bobbit Worms burrowed into the Sea Monster King, his hidden parasites drove them out, revealing that the ancient turtle had prepared his own defense.

• Fisher ordered defenders to seal the breach, and Olivia fired the beam cannon to kill sea monsters trying to pass through it.
• Evan left Olivia under the protection of Kaka, Pipi, and the Toy Soldiers, then joined the Storm Giants intercepting the Bobbit Worms.
• Olivia used the Electromagnetic Cannon while Evan and the Storm Giants attacked the worms, but several reached Kraken and burrowed into his body.
• Evan blasted a hole in Kraken's skin and discovered parasites killing the Bobbit Worms inside.
• Kraken's parasites forced the remaining worms out in a torrent of blood, protecting the Sea Monster King from the attack.

After the Raging Tide Church repelled the Brotherhood’s attack, Kraken completed his transformation and gave Evan a newly created island. Evan and Olivia named the island Ugol, opening a new chapter in their exploration.

• Giant ciliates healed Kraken’s wounds, but White Bone Heinmütz attacked him by plunging down in a meteorite-like form until a ten-headed creature struck him into the sea.
• The Steam Fortress and Charybdis helped turn the battle against the sea monsters, who retreated north after Petrich was badly burned.
• Evan and Olivia gathered Essence Fruits from the fallen Large Species sea monsters as the storm continued after the battle.
• Two days after the attack began, Kraken completed his transformation, recovered his strength, and gave Evan the miniature island as promised.
• Princeton told Evan he could name the island, and Evan invited Olivia to choose; she named it Ugol, which Evan and Princeton accepted.

Faletis cleared a vast sea area and used a dimensional expansion spell to establish Ugor Island on the Trident Current, creating a strategically valuable foothold. Evan traded his claim to the island for Royal Colony of Georgia, a Viscount title, and ownership of a port city on Ugor Island.

• Dilys, Anthony, and Alva used Creature Expulsion spells to clear the designated sea area for the kingdom’s plan.
• Queen Isabella and Faletis’s leaders gathered aboard the Steam Fortress as Evan and Olivia arrived with miniature Ugor Island.
• Olivia released Ugor Island, and it expanded safely from the sea into a full-sized island.
• Faletis celebrated the island’s position on the Trident Current, which gave the kingdom control of a vital maritime passage.
• Evan told Olivia that he had arranged a Territory Swap for Georgia and a Viscount title while retaining a port city on Ugor Island.

Harkins arrived in the Iliya Kingdom to build alliances and advance his plans to shatter its old order, while Bradley crushed Malong Port and forced its pirates to choose between submission and death. The chapter left Bradley with a new group of subordinates and the conviction that the Golden Sea could not contain three Pirate Kings.

• Harkins landed in Barelu Port, where Thomas welcomed him and promised a meeting with Viscount Jerome and Earl Wright.
• Harkins reflected on his ties to Thomas, the Gregory Family, the Black Wing Order, and forces within Iliya as he planned to exploit the kingdom’s upheaval.
• Bradley led Sirius forces in capturing Malong Port and offered its bound pirates submission or death.
• The pirates answered Bradley by singing a song celebrating their life at sea, and he ordered them hanged.
• Half a day later, Bradley saw many pirates kneeling before him and concluded that the Golden Sea was too small for three Pirate Kings.

Ugor Island finished forming as Faletis prepared to claim and develop its new territory, while Shipwreck Bay declared Bradley an enemy of all pirates. Evan and Olivia then returned to the New Continent, where Evan faced an upcoming meeting with Olivia’s parents.

• Ugor Island completed its formation as a vast, fertile island, prompting Faletis and its allies to begin planning its settlement and development.
• At Shipwreck Bay, an old pirate accused Bradley of betraying pirates and endangering them by destroying Malong Port.
• Emerald Light and Dead Bone Rudolph supported condemning Bradley, and Law Keeper Edward Teague declared him an enemy of pirates and barred him from Shipwreck Bay.
• Emerald Light and Rudolph agreed to join forces against Bradley as the gathered pirates vowed revenge.
• At the beginning of June, Evan and Olivia left Ugor Island for the New Continent aboard the rapidly growing Pipi Serpent, and Evan worried about meeting Olivia’s parents.

Evan and Olivia returned to the New Continent, where they fought pirates and visited Olivia’s parents. The Marquis and Duchess discovered Evan’s many accomplishments and apparent claim to their daughter, and they prepared to discuss an important decision.

• Olivia sent two Silver Knights to defeat pirates who had raided an Atlan merchant ship, and Evan had Kaka swallow the ships and their cargo.
• Evan brought choice goods from the merchant ship as gifts when he and Olivia visited the Marquis and Duchess at Orange Leaf Castle.
• Evan and Duke Marquis discussed business and politics while they kept their relationship with Olivia unspoken.
• At dinner, Evan and Olivia’s closeness prompted the Marquis and Duchess to suspect they were together.
• Evan accidentally scattered documents revealing his wealth, patents, and ownership of Georgia Territory, and the Marquis and Duchess agreed they each had an important decision to share.

Evan returned to Hatlafa Port with Olivia and reunited with his sister Anita, who welcomed him home and met his girlfriend. After hearing Anita’s concerns about the dragoons’ shortage of Extraordinary fighters, Evan promised to expand the Skin-Wearing People’s ranks.

• Calvin spotted Evan arriving at Hatlafa Port and flew down to greet his teacher.
• Evan brought Olivia to meet Anita, while the port’s pirates showed him respect and its completed bastion and Oceanic Secret Treasure protected the harbor.
• Anita discussed the dragoons’ shortage of Extraordinary fighters with William and ordered the others to return ahead of the coming battle.
• Anita greeted Evan with a kick and an embrace, then met Olivia and worried about the political complications of her being a marquis’s daughter.
• Evan told Anita he would expand the Skin-Wearing People to strengthen their forces.

Evan demonstrated how Olivia’s spiritual purification let ordinary pirates become gray wolf Skin-Wearing People with far less danger, then revealed a stockpile of Treasure Tree timber to Anita as material for their future Legendary Battleship. He left Anita with another promise of greater surprises and took her to witness the Garratt Family’s rise.

• Evan asked Angie about their reserve of Animated Beast Hides and chose gray wolf hides for the first candidates.
• Olivia purified two hides, and Babite and Sam transformed into gray wolf Skin-Wearing People without losing control.
• Evan told Anita that he would build a Skin-Wearing People army to help Emerald Light sweep across the four seas.
• Evan revealed a cavern full of Treasure Tree timber and identified it as material for their future Legendary Battleship.
• Evan took Anita to change clothes and said he would show her the Garratt Family’s rise.

Evan arrived in Georgia Territory to take control of the colony and confronted its powerful officials over corruption and embezzlement. After naming their crimes and demanding repayment by sunrise, he entered the Governor's Office with Olivia and Anita.

• Evan had Olivia dress Anita in a formal gown and gave her a hairpin that changed her appearance and concealed her knightly presence.
• Georgia's political and commercial leaders discussed how to deal with Evan and resolved not to return the money they had misappropriated.
• Evan arrived at the Governor's Office with Olivia and Anita, where Governor Child and the colony's officials were waiting to greet him.
• Evan named several officials, including Smedley, and detailed their embezzlement and fraudulent dealings.
• Evan ordered the officials to repay what they had stolen by sunrise and pay a three percent late fee, warning that otherwise they would be jailed.
• Evan strode into the Governor's Office as Olivia and Anita followed him.

Evan completed the transfer of Georgia Territory from the Faletis Royal Family to the Garratt Family and introduced Anita as the family’s eldest daughter to the territory’s officials. The chapter left Anita overwhelmed by the family’s restored status and quietly thinking about marrying Hecy’s family’s eldest daughter.

• Evan reassured Governor Child and listened as he described Georgia Territory’s administration and circumstances, while Olivia questioned him about infrastructure and development.
• Hawkins confirmed that his team had checked the transfer documents and corrected the territory’s asset records.
• Evan and Child signed the transfer confirmation, making Viscount Garratt the new master of Georgia Territory.
• Evan gave the signed document to Anita and presented her to the officials, who pledged their allegiance and addressed her as the Garratt Family’s eldest daughter.
• Anita cried against Evan’s chest and then wondered whether the family could marry the Marquis’s eldest daughter without having to steal one.

Evan showed Milan, Apusuya, and Olivia Georgia Territory’s development plans while offering the Huron a possible refuge from worsening supernatural dangers. Apusuya considered the offer as Evan sought to attract settlers and gradually integrate the Huron into his territory.

• Milan and Huron shamans shared a cryptic prophecy about the New Continent’s worsening Spirit Tide, and Evan dismissed it while secretly giving Milan an Essence Fruit.
• Evan described the Skin-Wearing People unit and explained that its members had been assigned roles in Georgia Territory’s development.
• Evan guided Milan, Apusuya, and Olivia through an exhibition hall outlining plans for cotton textiles, forestry, steel, weapons, and porcelain production.
• Evan offered Georgia Territory as a shelter for the Huron if the Spirit Tide threatened them, and Apusuya began considering the proposal.

Evan oversaw the Arawak Clan’s settlement and guided them in abandoning their old faith for the Tree of Life, using their worship to strengthen its Source of Mysticism. The ceremony ended with the Tree of Life offering a blessing focused on protecting women and children, while Evan reflected on his ultimate goal of becoming a living Source of Mysticism.

• Evan visited New Hispaniola Town with Olivia, Anita, Angie, and Calvin as the Arawak Clan began building permanent homes and learning the Common Tongue.
• Maruinte announced the Arawak Clan’s loyalty to Viscount Garratt and declared that they would abandon Okanis, the Orca God, for the Tree of Life.
• The Arawak people ate food bearing Okanis’s name and burned the symbols of their former god, severing his remaining presence from their bloodline.
• The clan performed a new-god ceremony for the Tree of Life, offering gifts while Evan, Angie, and Calvin sensed its power growing.
• Evan established that the Tree of Life’s blessing would protect women and children, increase fertility, and prevent newborn deaths, then considered the path toward becoming a living Source of Mysticism.

A geological survey team in Georgia Territory discovered a vast Porcelain Clay deposit as a terrifying figure approached their camp. After supporting the Arawak Clan’s ceremony, Evan set out with fellow wizards to find a magic-element node and establish a Wizard Tower for the Animation School.

• Will and Old Buck discussed the enormous Porcelain Clay deposit their survey team had found in Georgia Territory.
• A sudden chill and approaching hoofbeats interrupted the camp as a skeletal horseman appeared through the night.
• Evan attended the Arawak Clan’s New God Sacrifice Ceremony, where believers prayed for the White Oak Amulet to take shape and Qinaluo advanced as a Totem Warrior.
• Evan told Chief Maruinte to send Qinaluo to him when the tribal warriors were ready, then left New Hispaniola Town with the group.
• Anita returned toward Brunswick while Evan, Olivia, Angie, and Calvin continued inland to seek an active magic-element node for a Wizard Tower.
• Evan opened a black cavity beneath the group and sent them toward the Savannah River Valley.

Evan and his companions searched Waterfall Hills for Georgia's Magic Element Node, but discovered a revived Deer Bone God attacking a survey team. Evan's Silver Knights rescued the survivors and charged the evil spirit as he wondered whether its return was tied to the coming Spirit Tide and Milan's prophecy.

• Evan, Olivia, Angie, and Calvin arrived at Waterfall Hills and found an unusual abundance of potion ingredients.
• Evan spotted firelight downstream and sent the group toward it while Old Buck and Will fled the Deer Bone God after it destroyed their survey camp.
• The Deer Bone God cornered Old Buck and Will, but Evan's shot and two Silver Knights interrupted its attack and knocked it into the river.
• Evan recognized the Deer Bone God from old colonial legends and considered how the Spirit Tide might have revived it early.
• Evan wondered whether the evil spirit's appearance related to Milan's prophecy as his Silver Knights charged it in the river.